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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 1982
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Rafael Pelc, Rochester, MN (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K / ; H03K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
307241 ; 307270 ; 307445 ; 307443 ;
Abstract
A logic driver circuit repowers signals in either direction along a line, without requiring any external direction-control signal. Two back-to-back driver halves each include a gate, an open-collector transmitter and a latch. The latch is connected to the gate and transmitter to prevent race conditions.